Marcelino Fernandez Verdes

Construction and contracting giant Leighton Holdings announced today that its John Holland subsidiary has been awarded a contract for the design and construction of the Ravenhall Prison in Melbourne, for an undisclosed amount.

A six-kilometre extension to the Mitchell Freeway will begin in the coming months, with Leighton Holdings awarded a $160 million contract for the construction work in Perth’s north-west corridor.

The mining arm of Cimic Group has won a $137 million operations contract at the Encuentro Oxides open pit copper mine in Chile, in partnership with local mining equipment supplier Emeco Holdings.

As cost pressures weigh on resources players, a Perth team has developed a way to marry contract tendering with social media.

BHP Billiton has reopened its Rocky’s Reward nickel mine as a contract mining operation, despite several other nickel miners scaling back their projects in response to the sharp slump in the commodity’s price.

Construction giant CIMIC Group has won a $300 million contract for gas field development works in the Surat Basin in Queensland for Australia Pacific LNG.

Construction giant Cimic's Leighton Contractors unit has secured a contract from BG Group for setting up gas infrastructure in Queensland's Surat Basin.

CIMIC Group's construction arm, Leighton Contractors, has secured a $1.5 billion contract to design and build Sydney's new M5 Motorway.

Construction and contract mining firm CIMIC Group is set for a solid 2016 after lifting its underlying annual profit by 20 per cent.

Construction giant CIMIC Group has reaffirmed its full-year guidance after it lifted first-quarter net profit 5 per cent.

Spanish-controlled construction giant CIMIC Group has launched a $524 million takeover bid for its ASX-listed rival UGL.

Adolfo Valderas has taken over as the new chief executive of CIMIC Group, which is on track to deliver a full-year net profit of at least $520 million.

Construction and contract mining company CIMIC Group has flagged a boost in annual profit of up to 21 per cent in 2017 after delivering a solid rise in profits for the year just ended.

Our board moves wrap includes Juan Santamaria, Marcelino Fernandez Verdes, Adolfo Valderas, Angel Muriel, Dale Ginn, Robert Jewson, Phil Warren, Mark Ewing, Greg Boulton, David Turvey, Craig Hart, Richard Little, Sean Gregory, Robert Klug, Abdullah Mwinyi, Jessamyn Lyons, Julia Beckett, Shaun Menezes, and Ian Hobson.